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Chapter 211 Chen Dong’s new movie encounters box office failure (please subscribe!)

On August 8, the Venice International Film Festival held its opening ceremony.

"Burn After Reading" directed by American directors the Coen brothers became its opening film.

At the same time, this film was shortlisted for the Master Screening Unit.

This year, a Chinese film was also shortlisted for this unit.

It is Jia Zhangke's short film "Love on the River".

At the same time, Lao Jia was still the producer of the film "Dang Kou".

In fact, "Dang Kou" also has a name called "Plastic City".

At the beginning of the year, at the media conference held for the "establishment" of Bona Yinglong Film and Television, Jia Zhangke said that "Plastic City" would be sent to the Venice Film Festival for competition.

Although he later did not direct the film himself, and even changed its name, it was still not a broken promise.

Because "Dang Kou" not only signed up for this Venice Film Festival, but was also shortlisted for its main competition. Even the heroine that Jia Zhangke promised Huang Yi was fulfilled.

Chen Dong was not seen at the opening ceremony, but directors and stars from all over the world, as well as film producers, all had high expectations for his film "Kan'er", which was shortlisted for the main competition.

Are they the only ones who just have expectations?
In China, tens of millions of movie fans are already looking forward to it.

"Thank you, Director Chen, for taking time out of your busy schedule to be interviewed by 'Weibo Date'. I am the host Sa Beiling. Director Chen, you can call me Xiao Sa."

Today Chen Dong came to Weibo headquarters. He was not here to guide the work, but to participate in an interview called Weibo Appointment.

The person interviewing him was Sa Beiling, a talented scholar from Peking University who was supposed to join CCTV, but accidentally became the official host of Weibo.

"Hello, Xiao Sa!" Chen Dong shook hands with Sa Beiling and sat down.

"Director Chen's new film was shortlisted for the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival. The opening ceremony of the film festival was held the day before yesterday. Why didn't you go?"

"If I go, how can I still have time to be interviewed by you here?"

"Oh, so Director Chen doesn't want to miss today's interview?"

"No."

"no?"

"Because my new movie will be released soon, I am going to wait until it is released before going there."

"...When Director Chen said immediately, how long did it take?"

"The first of next month."

"Four more days."

"Yes."

"I was wondering if Director Chen would invite me to the premiere of this movie."

"That's probably not the case."

"Uh, why?"

"I'm not planning on having a premiere."

"No? Are you afraid it will be too late?"

"No, none of my literary films have premieres."

"Treat everyone equally if you focus on one?"

"Haha, you can say that."

"..."

The semi-humorous interview generated a decent response online.

At least it helped "Kan'er" become a hot search again before it was released.

August this year came to an end in the excitement of the Olympic Games.

On September 1st, "Kan'er", directed by Chen Dong and starring Andy Lau and He Xun, hit theaters across the country on time.

Before the box office results were released on the first day, Chen Dong flew to Venice with his wife and the main creative staff of "Kan Er".

Said to be the main creators, in fact they are only Zhu Yilong and Zhao Liying.

Kings and movie queens like Andy Lau and Le Xun have full schedules.

It may not appear until the last day or two of the festival.

Ever since Liu Yifei got on the plane, she was no longer as excited as when she first set off.

Instead, he felt a little uneasy.

Chen Dong can probably guess his wife's thoughts.

He reached out and grabbed her hand and said, "Are you worried about your son?"

"Hmm~" Liu Yifei turned back and nodded towards Chen Dong.

"It's okay, my mother is taking care of him, and my son has been eating milk powder for the past two days, so he doesn't cry or make trouble."

"I'm still a little worried, after all, he's still so young..."

"It's only a few days. When you get there, you can just call mom a few more times." Under Chen Dong's comfort, Liu Yifei's thoughts gradually calmed down, and sleepiness gradually filled her heart. She leaned against Chen Dong's Falling asleep on his shoulders.

Zhao Liying, who was standing next to her, happened to catch this scene with a casual glance, and she was so envious that she didn't even look away for a while.

At home, Chen Dong and Liu Yifei's son did cry once after not seeing them for a long time and smelling the familiar scent of his mother.

But under the meticulous care of grandma Liu Xiaoli, she quickly adapted to it.

Lu Xun said: People's adaptability is actually very strong, which has been verified in babies.

The first thing Liu Yifei did after getting off the plane was to call her mother.

The moment she heard her son calling out the words "mom" in a soft and soft voice through the mobile phone, Liu Yifei felt like there was sand in her eyes.

She had the idea of ​​buying a ticket and flying back as soon as she arrived here.

Fortunately, this idea did not take root.

On the contrary, it was worn away little by little by the calmness of reason.

Chen Dong and others have just arrived in Europe, and the first-day box office results of his domestic movie "Kan'er" have just been released.

680 million.

Compared to a literary film, this is a pretty good box office figure.

But taking into account the cast and investment costs of this movie, the box office actually did not meet Chen Dong's expectations for it.

It probably has something to do with the fact that not many publicity resources have been invested.

Chen Dong comforted himself in this way.

They arrived in Venice on September 2nd.

At this time, there are only four days left before its closing ceremony.

Except for the last day, Chen Dong applied for a public screening of his movie every day for the next three days.

Because of his late arrival, all the other shortlisted films have been released, leaving only his film that has not unveiled its mystery to the audience at this film festival.

As a result, Chen Dong's first public screening was held on September 3, and many audiences came to admire it.

In desperation, Chen Dong could only contact the organizer to change to a larger screening room.

Before the movie had finished screening, Chen Dong received quotes from some film producers.

Even though he started out with millions of dollars, Chen Dong had no worries at all.

Because his ambition is greater.

Domestically, although "Kan'er" did not achieve box office results that satisfied Chen Dong, it has a good reputation online.

Almost zero negative reviews!
It's also a rare film that wins over most critics.

But often movies like this that tend to have zero negative reviews cannot escape a curse.

That is, the box office is not high.

The same goes for "Kan'er".

After achieving a first-day box office of 680 million on the day of release.

It fell by 500 million the next day.

"Under the Red Cliff" was originally scheduled to be released this month, although it was temporarily rescheduled because its twin brother did not meet expectations.

But China Film Group added another imported blockbuster movie.

On September 3rd, "The Mummy " landed in Chinese theaters.

On that day, the daily box office of "Kan'er" was only 300 million.

Because it shrunk too fast, the media directly labeled the film as "director Chen Dong's first box office failure."

But in Venice, the experience of "Kan'er" was completely opposite. It can be said that as fast as the box office of this movie in China has crashed, the price of this movie here has risen sharply.

On the third and last day of Chen Dong's public screening, he received quotes from film producers in Europe and the United States alone, which totaled more than US$700 million.

If the deal is concluded, not only will the film cost be recouped, but there will also be a considerable profit...

But Chen Dong is not in a hurry.

He is waiting for tomorrow.

After coming here for several days, Chen Dong has heard similar rumors more than once that someone said that a certain judge was optimistic about his "Kan'er".

Or perhaps because his expectations for his movie were too high, Chen Dong became more and more nervous as the awards ceremony approached.

This was a nervousness he had never felt before.

Finally, on the afternoon of the first day of the closing ceremony, Chen Dong received a call from the organizer.

As a veteran who has participated in many film festivals, Chen Dong naturally knows that his film will win at least one award tomorrow.

He was looking forward to it even more...

(End of this chapter)